PIC: An aerial shot of thousands of Gardai lining the streets of Blackrock for Anthony Golden’s funeral

May he rest in peace.

The funeral of murdered Garda Anthony Golden took place in Blackrock in Louth today, four days after he was shot dead while investigating a domestic dispute in Omeath. Golden was shot dead by Adrian Crevan Mackin, a 24-year old known to Gardai as a dissident Republican. Crevan Macken subsequently turned the gun on himself and died, while a third person who was shot, mother of two Siobhan Phillips, remains critically ill in Beaumont Hospital. Approximately 4,000 Gardai attended Golden’s funeral in Blackrock today and their presence in the town was captured by local photographer Niall Carroll in a very poignant aerial photograph. https://twitter.com/NiallCarrollLP/status/654629228449763328 Click on image for an enlarged version. Pic via Niall Carroll Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.